Good move. I've been impressed by Tea's demeanor behind the plate & how he's handled pitchers.

Laugh all you want; it's a creative move by Sandy to buy more time on this one. Recker's slid big-time. Lots of guys on here say Recker is terrible. Give him another two wks behind d'A to see if he picks back up once returned to his old backup role, or not. This is officially Recker's audition, these two weeks.

Kind of a cheesy way to finesse not sending him down. Not the first time this has been done and certainly won't be the last. The guy actually called a pretty good game. The problem, which we all knew from Spring Training, is that he simply cannot hit.

Teagarden must've tweaked his hammy running away from Sandy trying to tell him he was going to be DFA'd.

But really if the options for Teagarden are to be DFA'd and play in AAA for the Mets or some other team or keep collecting a MLB paycheck on the DL for a min of 2 more weeks and then who knows what happens after that it's a pretty obvious choice to come up with an injury. It's a mutually beneficial solution for all involved

Not the other teams - they do it, too. Not Teagarden -- he gets an extra $15,000/week or so at MLB pay scale. Not Recker - he also gets MLB money instead of the risk of being sent down. Not the MLBPA - they get more dues-paying members.